Lifetime Monologue

[Verse]
From the day you're born
Until the day you die
If you're one of the poor ones, you just gotta work hard
Lot of pain and a lot of heartache
Blood, sweat and tears
So many nights you lie awake, crying, wondering
Will the day ever come that you'll be able to rest?
Will the day ever come that you'll be able to relax
And just take life easy for a little while?
'Cause this only lasts for a little while
But, if you are one of the economically, uh, poor groops
He, you ain't gon' hardly have that time
While on the other hand, all the well-to-do rich folks
Just play, lay and play, havin' plenty fun
So, you work hard every day, get a little pay
Then on weekends, you got a couple of days that you can say
"Well, let's go out and have a little fun
I don't wanna break my back no more this week
I'm gon' wait 'til Monday and go back again"
There's a river that runs along, has been runnin' along
As long as life has been
And this river keeps on runnin'
Just as life keeps on goin'
And the folks keep on workin'
Every day they work